I don’t have any secrets about nutrition. Sorry to disappoint you. In fact, you already know all of the answers. Eat more vegetables, drink more water, get a good night’s’ sleep, exercise … you can Google ‘how to be healthy’, but you already knew that. So, we’re done then, right? There’s nothing more I canContinue reading “There Is No Secret”
Monthly Archives: October 2018
How Important Is Your Diet?
For most of my life, I ate like crap. I’m 38 years old; I was born in 1979. I did not start eating really well until 2010. That means, 31 out of 38 years of the ‘Standard American Diet’. The SAD is a diet high in carbs, processed foods, sugar, and junk. Lots of thingsContinue reading “How Important Is Your Diet?”
Daily Metrics
Here are some that I don’t care about: How much I weigh; how many people are reading this blog; how many followers I have on Twitter. Here are some that matter very much to me: If I am stronger and faster today than I was yesterday; how people’s lives I am changing for the better;Continue reading “Daily Metrics”
The Food I Crave The Most
My biggest food weakness is pasta. It’s been that way ever since I was a kid, eating traditional pasta made with white flour. It’s still that way today, even though I haven’t eaten gluten in almost ten years. Put a bowl of pasta in front of me and I can’t stop eating it. I amContinue reading “The Food I Crave The Most”
3 Ways to Record Your Training
Recording your training is important because you want to be sure you are getting results. How many push-ups can you do in a row today? How many did you do last month, or last year? This process can be simple. Use an pencil and a notebook. Optional: use an Excel spreadsheet. Option 2: use anContinue reading “3 Ways to Record Your Training”
Training In The Winter
Winter is the season when life goes back into the ground, disappears from view, and resets itself. It’s cold, dark, and sometimes even barren. Winter is my favorite time for strength training. Here’s why: (1) You become comfortable with the uncomfortable. It gets really cold in my garage. My barbell, dumbbell handles,Continue reading “Training In The Winter”
Is Your Diet Upside Down?
Sometimes, everything you thought you knew gets turned upside down. For about seventeen years, I ate the standard american diet. I never got sick. I stayed lean and healthy. But then, my body started to change. I did start to gain weight, and get sick. I felt like crap. There were other things going onContinue reading “Is Your Diet Upside Down?”
Get On the Path. Early.
“When you get on the path, it’s easier to stay on. When you step off, it’s a slippery slope and it’s easier to go down.” – Jocko Willink & Leif Babin, ‘How Navy SEALS Lead” on the James Altucher Show. This is something I’ve told you about before. But, when you hear a Navy SEALContinue reading “Get On the Path. Early.”
Transforming Your Diet
… generally speaking, should be slow and steady. Not abrupt and rash. I remember when I did Robb Wolf’s 30 day Paleo challenge, which, is pretty abrupt and rash. Even that wasn’t really abrupt and rash, thinking back, because there was a long year or two of leading up to it. I was reading (hisContinue reading “Transforming Your Diet”
Squatting with a Sore Back
Whenever I strain my back squatting, my course correction is to continue squatting, and remove nothing from my weekly program. I’m talking about the kind of strain you get when you’re under the bar, and, there’s a little tweak. I’m not talking about a major injury. Usually it’s because your spine isn’t extended fully, andContinue reading “Squatting with a Sore Back”
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